Colorado Woman found Guilty in Horse Cruelty Case
A Colorado woman will serve prison time connected to animal cruelty charges involving horses removed from her property in 2012.
A Colorado woman will serve prison time connected to animal cruelty charges involving horses removed from her property in 2012.

Read about both classic and unusual hernia cases veterinarians encounter, why they occur, how to treat them, and their prognoses.

Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO, also called heaves) appears to have a genetic basis, but one that varies between horses, Swiss researchers say.

Provide event organizers with current owner/agent contact information, including cell phone and email, and accurate horse stabling and movement records so they can contact you in the event of a disease outbreak.

It is often assumed that giving birth is both stressful and painful for the mother. But researchers recently showed that mares appear to be completely relaxed when foaling.

Find out why some horses lose weight when the temperature rises.

Researchers found that using anti-inflammatory aids mixed with daily feed rations can help decrease joint inflammation in young horses.

Steve Haskin, senior correspondent for The Blood-Horse, shares his thoughts on recently retired racehorse Intense Holiday’s death, injuries and deaths in horse racing, and laminitis.

Here’s how to handle snake or spider bites should your horse have a run-in with one of these critters.

A group of advocates wants wild horses designated as endangered on grounds that the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971 has failed to protect the animals.

Intense Holiday, who underwent surgery recently for a condylar fracture to his right foreleg after being injured in training, was euthanized June 12 due to laminitis.
A British Columbia couple is donating $300,000 toward the establishment of the Mark and Pat DuMont Equine Orthopedics Research Fund at the University of Saskatchewan.
Dr. Marvin Beeman’s presentation, “Do the Little Things Well and the Big Things Will Happen,” is designed to resonate with his colleagues of all ages by offering sage insights into a successful and fulfilling career.
A Louisiana man will serve 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to selling a horse with a fraudulent Coggins test.
The Thoroughbred owners filed lawsuits seeking at least $250,000 in damages, alleging their horses were hospitalized after receiving a compounded drug to treat or prevent equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM).

The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has reported that vesicular stomatitis (VS) has been identified in three more horses in that state.
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